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Jodi Meeks

Jodie Meek’s was one of the highlights for Kentucky Wildcat fans in the 2008-09 basketball season. His 54 points against Tennessee set a Kentucky record, and put Meeks on the map for the NBA draft and had him discussed in the same dialogue with Blake Griffin for the National Player of the Year Award last season. Jodie Meeks has declared for the 2009 NBA draft, but at the time of this writing had not hired an agent. With the 15 June 2009 NBA draft deadline quickly approaching, Meeks has gone on record stating he would remain in the draft if he get’s assurances that a team will pick him in the first round of the draft. Many Kentucky fans hope he comes back to join Patrick Patterson and the other star recruits heading to Lexington for a 2010 NCAA tournament run, however, Meeks will likely remain in the 2009 NBA Draft.

Jodie Meek’s Collegiate Career at Kentucky

In just one season, Jodie Meeks became one of the highest scoring Kentucky Wildcat’s guards in school history. Spending most of his sophomore season injured (many thought due to Coach G’s over-practicing of the team), Meeks started out the season scoring 39 points in a losing effort against VMI. He continued to heat up with 37 against Kansas State, and then lit up Tennessee for 54 points in January 2009. He was selected to the All SEC First Team and was a Second Team All American as voted by the AP, USBWA, NABC, and the SportingNews.com. Meeks finished the 2008-09 season averaging 23.7 points per game, 1.8 assists, and 1.3 steals per game.

Jodie Meek’s 2009 NBA Draft Prospects

Jodie Meeks is considered a bit short at 6′4″ to play the 2 guard role in the NBA, though the upside of his shooting ability and scoring instincts make him attractive for NBA teams to go ahead and take him in the 2009 NBA draft. Meeks is solid at 211 lbs, and has a solid frame to go with excellent 3 point and free throw shooting. On the down side, Jodie Meeks is only considered an average ball handler for the NBA and is criticized for being able to create separation with his defenders. Another knock on Jodie, is that he did not win at the college level, so his ability to be the difference maker for an NBA team has been put in question at times. He has been reported to be having good workouts for NBA teams, and the Detroit Pistons have expressed a potential interest in drafting Meeks with their first round pick. One consideration for Jodie Meeks is with the expected depth of the 2010 draft, should he just go ahead and take his chances this year while working on his ball handling and dribbling? With the talent coming in to Kentucky for the 2009-10 season, its doubtful he would get the touches to improve on his scoring average so Coach Cal can keep all of the 4 and 5 star prospects happy so his stock would have a potential to dip in the 2010 draft. The Detroit Pistons have expressed a potential interest in taking Meeks in the first round, and my guess is that we will see him stay in the 2009 NBA draft.

Refs:

http://www.everyjoe.com/expertfantasy/jodie-meeks-nba-draft-nba-profile/, http://www.collegehoopsvideo.com/2009/05/2009-kentucky-wildcats-basketball-recruiting-class/, http://www.predictify.com/q/where-will-jodie-meeks-be-picked-in-2009-nba-draft-2, http://www.nbadraft.net/node/4289, http://lesterslegends.com/?p=11597, http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=290132633, http://www.everyjoe.com/expertfantasy/jodie-meeks-nba-draft-nba-profile/, http://thehoopdoctors.com/online2/2009/02/mock-draft/, http://dcprosportsreport.com/mockdraftdatabase/nba.html,

Jodi Meeks Drives Against Louisville

Last Updated: 24 June 2009.

Ok, so I didn’t quite get to updating my 2009 NBA Mock Draft  until the day before draft day as I’m typing. We’ve seen who’s going and staying in the draft now. The biggest surprise is the lack of “awe” for Ricky Rubio’s only workout conducted before the draft with the Sacramento Kings.  I dropped him all the way down to nr 5 since the Kings don’t seem to thrilled with him, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we see him go even lower! Jodie Meeks chose to remain in the draft along with Memphis’s Shawn Taggart and we have seen a fair bit of movement of players based on how their pre-draft workouts have gone. Tyler Hansbrough and B.J. Mullens have helped their cases since the 2008-09 NCAA regular season wrapped up and Terrence Williams may have worked his way into a 2009 NBA lottery pick! Particularly interesting is that Minnesota has traded to get the nr 5 and 6 picks with many thinking they’ll take the best Point Guard on the board with the first pick and a good shooting or slashing guard with the second. Don’t be surprised to see them take DeRozan and Evans here vice mucking with Rubio if he’s still around.

2009 Mock NBA Draft Round 1

2009 NBA Mock Draft Round 2

#
Team
Player
Ht
Wt
Position
School
Class




2009 NBA Mock Draft #31
Sacramento
Patrick Mills
6-0
175
PG
St. Mary's
So.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #32
Portland
DaJuan Summers
6-7
243
SF
Georgetown
Fr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #33
Washington
Jeff Adrien
6-6
235
PF
UConn
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #34
Denver
Jonas Jerebko
6-9
220
SF
Sweden
Intl.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #35
Memphis
Dionte Christmas
6-5
211
SG
Temple
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #36
Detroit
Dante Cunningham
6-8
227
SF/PF
Villanova
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #37
San Antonio
Shawn Taggart
6-10
225
SF/PF
Memphis
Jr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #38
Portland
Jermaine Taylor
6-5
207
SG
Central Florida
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #39
Detroit
Jeff Pendergraph
6-10
240
PF
Arizona St.
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #40
Charlotte
Toney Douglas
6-2
183
PG/SG
Florida St.
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #41
Milwaukee
Rodrigue Beaubois
6-2
182
PG
France
Intl.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #42
LA Lakers
Josh Heytvelt
6-11
246
PF
Gonzaga
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #43
Miami
Vladimir Dasic
6-10
218
SF
Montenegro
Intl.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #44
Detroit
Robert Dozier
6-10
215
SF/PF
Memphis
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #45
Minnesota
Danny Green
6-6
208
SF
North Carolina
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #46
Cleveland 
Jerel McNeal
6-3
190
SG
Marquette
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #47
Minnesota
Leo Lyons
6-9
235
PF
Missouri
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #48
Phoenix
AJ Price
6-2
193
PG
UConn
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #49
Atlanta
Emir Preldzic
6-8
220
SG/SF
Slovenia
Intl.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #50
Utah
Tyrese Rice
6-0
190
PG
Boston College
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #51
San Antonio
Nick Calathes
6-3
180
PG/SG
Florida
So.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #52
Indiana
Wesley Matthews
6-5
215
SG
Marquette
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #53
San Antonio
Chris Johnson
6-11
205
PF/C
LSU
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #54
Charlotte
Milenko Tepic
6-7
200
PG/SG
Serbia
Intl.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #55
Portland
Alade Aminu
6-10
220
SF/PF
Georgia Tech
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #56
Portland
Alex Ruoff
6-6
220
SG
West Virginia
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #57
Phoenix
DeMarre Carroll
6-8
207
SF/PF
Missouri
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #58
Boston
Garret Siler
6-11
305
C
Augusta St.
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #59
LA Lakers
Josh Akognon
5-11
185
PG
Cal State Ful...
Sr.


2009 NBA Mock Draft #60
Miami
Jon Brockman
6-7
255
PF
Washington
Sr.

Kentucky Wildcats Home, Rupp Arena

Coach Cal has been in Lexington for two months and already has built the best college basketball recruiting class for 2009. After two disappointing seasons under former Coach Billy Gillespie that came after two mediocre years (for Kentucky fans) with Tubby Smith, Kentucky fans have been hungry for something to be happy about. The first bit of good news was that star postman Patrick Patterson would return for his junior year instead of making a go at the 2009 NBA draft. The second was the signing of number 2ranked big man Daniel Orton after Coach Cal joined the Wildcats. Since then, Calipari has been busy with building what may just be the best NCAA basketball recruiting class ever with the recent signing of star point guard prospect, John Wall.  With some massaging of his roster still to do, Coach Calipari has become the perfect fit for a Kentucky Wildcat program that has had an identity crisis since the 1996-98 seasons that found the Wildcats win 2 National Championships and play in the NCAA Tournament finals for three consecutive seasons.

Kentucky’s 2009 Men’s Basketball Recruiting Class

#1 Kentucky Basketball Prospect – PG – John Wall
Rivals.com - #1
Scout.com- #1
Ht: 6′4″
Wt: 185 lbs
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